Imperial Brewery
Montréal, Quebec, Canada · Est. 1909
Tally's Take
Why this matters
Built in 1909 on rue Saint-Maurice — the same year National Breweries consolidated the city's trade — and then used by somebody else. Dawes moved its brewing into these installations in 1922 and continued there inside the National Breweries system. What the archive cannot establish is who the Imperial name belonged to first: the ownership and predecessor chain does not meet its evidence standard, and no separate entity was invented to fill the gap. A building with a well-documented second life and an undocumented first one.
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Timeline
- 1909Facilities built on rue Saint-Maurice
City of Montréal heritage records; the predecessor ownership chain is unresolved.
- 1922Dawes moves in
Brewing continues here within the National Breweries system.
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Sources
- recordProbable
Brewery record taken from Tally's Quebec master, Pass 83, which cited https://montreal.ca/repertoire-patrimoine-bati/batiments-patrimoniaux/9999-19-0002-01 for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's Quebec master, Pass 83 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
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Lineage dates as recorded in Quebec Pass 83: 1909, 1922.
Tally's Quebec master, Pass 83 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
Straight answers
Common questions about Imperial Brewery
- Is Imperial Brewery still open?
- No. Imperial Brewery has closed. Quebec Pass 83. City of Montréal heritage records state the Imperial Brewery facilities were constructed in 1909 on rue Saint-Maurice. Dawes moved brewing into these installations in 1922 and continued using them within the National Breweries system. The precise ownership/predecessor chain behind the Imperial name remains unresolved at the archive's evidence standard; no separate Williams-brewery entity is added in Pass 82.
- When was Imperial Brewery founded?
- Imperial Brewery was founded in 1909 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
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